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Reproductive Freedom Amendments (RFA’s): Making Christian Ethics and Common Sense Unconstitutional, by Robert G. Marshall  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Reproductive Freedom Amendments (RFA’s): Making Christian Ethics and Common Sense Unconstitutional, by Robert G. Marshall 

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By Robert G. Marshall, Catholic Culture, June 18, 2026

Bob Marshall served 26 years in the Virginia House of Delegates and was the chief House sponsor of the 2006 voter-approved Virginia Marriage Amendment and a ban on late term abortion. He recently wrote Reclaiming the Republic: How Christians and Other Conservatives Can Win Back America (TAN Books). Previously, he co-authored Blessed are the Barren, a social history of Planned Parenthood (Ignatius Press). Finally, don’t miss Bob’s Civics Lesson for Catholics in the Catholic Culture Podcast Episode 17. See the full bio.

 

As of June, 2026 ten states have added voter-approved constitutional Reproductive Freedom Amendments (RFA’s) to their state constitutions: Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, and Vermont. Nevada voters passed an abortion-rights amendment in 2024 but have to approve it again in 2026 to make it part of their Constitution.

These amendments are a very hot topic right now. Virginia has an RFA pending for November, 2026. Missouri has a potential RFA “repeal” constitutional amendment to its state constitution which would undo much of the previously 2024 passed RFA. Constitutional challenges to laws existing at the time of passage of a state RFA have been filed in Ohio, Arizona, Michigan and Missouri producing legal cases in the following policy areas: ….

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